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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biased | having an unfair tendency to believe that some peoples opinions are better than others |
| eloquent | Marked by a fluent and forceful expression |
| segregate | to be separated from others or the general mass |
| integrate | to form into a functioning or unified whole |
| unfathomable | impossible to comprehend |
| perspective | personal point of view |
| ideal | existing only in the imagination; perfect but not likely to become a reality |
| concrete | something you can sense with your five senses |
| invoke | to mention in attempt to make people feel a certain way |
| connotation | how a word makes you feel |
| figurative | used with a meaning that is different from the basic meaning and that expresses an idea in an interesting way |
| literal | involving the normal or usual meaning of a word |
| identify | to think of yourself as having the same feelings or experiences as someone/ something else |
| refrain | a phrase or verse that is repeated regularly in a poem or a song |
| submission | the action of presenting a proposal |
| context | the words that are used with a certain word or phrase to help explain their meaning |
| lyric poetry | expresses a single persons thoughts in rhymes |
| narrative poetry | tells a story with formal structure, with regular rhyme scheme, stanzas, and rhyme |
| dramatic poetry | drama in verse-action is told through the words characters speak, often found in plays |
| sonnet | a poem with 14 lines and a fixed pattern |
| ode | a poem where a person expresses a strong feeling of love of respect to someone or something |
| elegy | a poem or song that that expresses sorrow for someone who is dead |
| haiku | a poem three lines long, 5 syllables 1st line; 7 syllables 2nd line; 5 syllables 3rd line |
| epic poems | a very long poem about a mythical or legendary hero |
| ballads | a poem in the form of a song( most the tie about love) |
| concrete poems | poems that explain things you can see, feel, smell, taste, and hear |
| literal | means exactly what the phrase says |
| figurative | has a deeper meaning |
| similes | describing something using "like" or "as" |
| metaphors | describing something not using "like" or "as" |
| analogies | comparing two things |
| cliches | a phrase or opinion that that is overused and betrays a lack of originality |
| alliterations | same letter or sound at the beginning of each word in a sentence |
| personification | nonliving things with living characteristics |
| hyperbole | exaggerating things |
| idioms | sayings that replace words or a sentence that means the same thing figuratively |
| imagery | visually descriptive |
| onomatopoeia | a word that describes a sound |
| mood | suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind |
| tone | the attitude of a piece of writing |
| lines | sentences of a poem |
| stanzas | paragraphs of a poem |
| refrains | a repeated part of a poem |
| couplets | two lines in a poem that rhyme |
| tercets | three lines in a poem that rhyme |
| quatrains | four lines in a poem that rhyme |
| rhyme scheme | the ordered pattern of rhymes in a poem |
| meter | rhythmic structure of a poem |
| utopia | a world with a government, law, and social connections that are perfect |
| dystopia | when people have tried to create a perfect world, but have created new problems that people didn't have to worry about before |
| S.A.S.E. | self addressed stamped envelope |
| free verse poetry | doesn't rhyme |
| traditional poetry | does rhyme |
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| singular nouns | |
| proper nouns | |
| common nouns | |
| abstract nouns | |
| concrete nouns | |
| collective nouns | |
| compound nouns | |
| verbs | |
| active voice in verbs | |
| passive voice in verbs | |
| past tense verbs | |
| present tense verbs | |
| future tense verbs | |
| transitive verbs | |
| intransitive verbs | |
| linking verbs | |
| subject | |
| predicate | |
| complete thoughts |
Created by:
elizabethmorgan
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